A court sentenced former NFL All-Pro Aldon Smith on Friday.
Smith pled no contest to an earlier incident in 2021 involving a felony DUI charge. A judge ordered that Smith must spend the next calendar year in jail, according to TMZ Sports.
Aldon Smith has just been ordered to spend the next 12 months in jail … TMZ Sports has learned. https://t.co/43TlT4KHWx
— TMZ Sports (@TMZ_Sports) April 7, 2023
“Prosecutors tell us the ex-Dallas Cowboys pass rusher was remanded into custody after the hearing … and will begin his year-long sentence right away,” TMZ wrote.
According to TMZ, he also received five years of supervised probation.
On December 6, 2021, Smith was arrested after rear-ending a truck that was stopped at a stop sign. He would later be charged with a DUI felony for drunk driving causing injury.
Aldon Smith has had a terrible fall from grace. He arrived with the San Francisco 49ers in 2011 after playing at the University of Missouri. He quickly jumped onto the scene and became one of the best pass-rushers in the NFL. Smith recorded 33.5 career sacks in his first two seasons, including 19.5 in 2012.
Aldon later played for the Oakland Raiders in 2015 and the Dallas Cowboys, who he last played for in 2020, appearing in all 16 games that season. He spent four seasons, from 2016-19, suspended from the league.
Legal problems and multiple DUI incidents have all but cut his NFL and football career in general short. At 33 years old, this sentencing distances him even further from the field.
